Information on drug trafficking gathered by agents in...

Information on drug trafficking gathered by agents in Broward County led to the arrest of four men in Toronto, Canada, on cocaine charges Friday, the Broward Sheriff`s Office reported Monday.

Sheriff`s deputies and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents working an ongoing local investigation received a tip from an informant Thursday on a Canadian-based cocaine trafficking organization with connections in South Florida, officials said.

The next day investigators flew to Toronto and set up a deal to sell cocaine to four suspects, sheriff`s spokesman George Crolius said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, already investigating the suspects, was contacted by the agents and the four suspects were charged with trafficking in cocaine.

Arrested were Carlos Tavares, Caesar Alves and two men whose complete names were unknown, officials said. All the suspects were in their late 20s and were from the Toronto area.

Crolius said additional arrests on drug charges are expected in Toronto and South Florida.